Schrebergartenhäuschen

English translation: garden cottage

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German term or phrase:	Schrebergartenhäuschen
English translation:	garden cottage
Entered by:	Bernhard Sulzer

14:38 Aug 6, 2006

German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Schrebergartenhäuschen

"Das dominante „Mutterhaus“ besteht vornehmlich aus Glas und Aluminium, die Annexbauten – kleinen Schrebergartenhäuschen nicht unähnlich – haben mattrote Ziegelsteindächer, die Wände sind mit grauem Eternit verkleidet"

-- "garden shed" sounds too generic, but "allotment" just doesn't have the same ironically homey ring of the German "Schrebergarten". Any ideas?

mgabo KudoZ activity Questions: 30 (none open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 0 Germany
Local time: 00:04

garden cottage

Explanation:
I hid my first two entries to bring this suggestion to the foreground which takes into account the asker's additional information about "Schrebergartenromantik."

Forget the "allotment" - if you need romanticism -

I suggest
- garden cottage
and for the "Schrebergartenromantik" - cottage-garden romanticism.

This is a friendly or architectural text, isn't it? - because sometimes such "Schrebergartenromantik" is/was seen negatively - in relation to people's cluelessness or lack of caring when bad things happened (often with regards to political and social radicalism).

Of course, I like the positive meaning that has a lot to do with nature and the happiness we can experience within nature.

Some links that support my suggestions:

Hope this fits your needs better.

Bernhard

links:
http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/englishcottageherbgarde...

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleingarten

http://www.flohmarkt.at/immobiliensuche/1/schrebergarten

Reference: http://www.washjeff.edu/CAPL/record_detail.asp?id=1836
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalet

Selected response from:

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 18:04

Grading comment

I did actually use cottage garden romance in the end because it fitted my context and I didn't want the text to sound too British. Romance rather than Romanticism, of course.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

chalet

Lancashireman

4 +1

allotment summer-house

Valeska Nygren

garden shed

Colin Newberry

allotment hut

BrigitteHilgner

garden cottage

Bernhard Sulzer

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

chalet

Explanation:
Chalet means a building, normally constructed in timber, suitable generally as holiday accommodation rather than as a permanent residence due to the lack of amenities incidental to the enjoyment of a dwelling.
http://alnwick.leadpartners.co.uk/glossary.asp

Also has other meanings so would need to be qualified by 'allotment'

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-08-06 14:47:48 GMT)
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For a picture of a 'garden chalet' see http://www.homeplacestructures.com/gardenChalet.html

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:04
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 166

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Eva Middleton: I'd go for this or allotment cottage. Just sounds nicer than hut or shed.

47 mins

agree

Erik Freitag

6 hrs

agree

Jane Luther: garden chalet is an excellent suggestion

18 hrs

agree

Margaret Marks: I would avoid reference to allotments, since an English native speaker would not have the right association with the buildings on them.

21 hrs

-> Thanks MM. There is a tough one for you or TT to solve here http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1493950. For your amusement, have a look at the first time this was posted http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1492492

agree

Colette Kinsella: I also think "allotment chalet" fits in best here - but I would mentioned allotment at all costs - most people will know what they are and that they are more than just gardens attached to houses.

23 hrs

agree

Ingeborg Gowans (X): this probably fits best; I have a mental picture of Schrebergarten; they are so common in Berlin, whole colonnies of them, like miniature villages within the city ; anything from shed to chalet, according to the owners; budget and a tiny plot of land whi

1 day 6 hrs

-> Thanks, Ingeborg. Sometimes 255 chars are not enough for all the things we want to sa

16 mins confidence:

allotment hut

Explanation:
I am not into gardening myself, but believe me: in Germany and Austria, Schrebergärten are taken very serious!

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 41

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

allotment summer-house

Explanation:
I do not know whether "Schrebergartenhaeuschen" is the right word in the first place. To my knowledge the concept of "Schrebergaerten" , i. e. an opportunity of ownership for the low income population, did not have a "Mutterhaus". The houses are small but fully equipped. I chose "summer-house" because the lots are used for recreational purposes during the spring, summer, and autumn months mostly after work or as weekend retreats and are usually closed off for the winter

Valeska Nygren
United States
Local time: 18:04
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English

1 hr confidence:

garden shed

Explanation:
As a gardener and a Brit I like the sound of my garden shed and all the associations over the years. Much nicer than all this allotment stuff. Therefore I'd write something like "not unlike small garden sheds".

Colin Newberry
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: This, in fact, is the translation I have been considering. The problem is that the text has a later passage referring to Schrebergartenromantik to denote the design of the entire park (in the courtyard of an office complex), so I was looking for something to square with that. I should have mentioned this earlier, sorry.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Jeanette Phillips: or allotment shed, but you can have a garden shed on your allotment. So yes, gareden shed

1 hr

neutral

Erik Freitag: Isn't a garden shed something to keep gardening tools in? (I'm really just asking!) Because a "Schrebergartenhäuschen" isn't!

5 hrs

neutral

Jane Luther: The trouble is that a Schrebergartenhäuschen, although originally just a smallish hut, now generally has bedroom, kitchen, all the amenities. Hardly comparable to "small garden shed"// Thanks for that! Even so, I associate it with more than just gard shed

17 hrs

-> That's interesting because there was a program on TV yesterday about Schrebergartenhäuschen in Berlin that now have to be reduced to their original size of about 8 sqm doing away with all the conveniences that have been added over the years.

disagree

Colette Kinsella: the ones I know of have small residential units as opposed to or in addition to garden sheds, and allotments are somewhat different to UK gardens.

22 hrs

16 hrs confidence:

garden cottage

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 18:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 19

Grading comment

I did actually use cottage garden romance in the end because it fitted my context and I didn't want the text to sound too British. Romance rather than Romanticism, of course.

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